Mower.



No. 886,167 PATENTED APR. 28, 1908.

. 0, G. & E. R. WEIKEL.

MOWER.

APPLICATION rum) JULY 25, 1907.

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OSCAR OLAUD WEIKEL AND EBBERT RAY WEIKEL, OF RONOEVERTE, WEST VIRGINIA.

MOWER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 28, 1908.

Application filed July 25, 1907: Serial No. 385,590.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, OSCAR CLAUD WEIKEL and EBBERT RAY WEIKEL, citizensof the United States, residing at Ronceverte, in the county ofGreenbriar and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Mowers; and we do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

Our invention relates to mowers and reapers, and more particularly tocontrolling means for driving the sickle and also for elevating thesickle bar, and our object is to provide simple though reliablyefficient means for actuating the sickle at the expense of a minimumamount of friction.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter clearly set forth,reference being had to the accompanying drawings which are made a partof this application and in which,

Figure 1 shows a side elevation of our invention complete as applied tothe mower. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail viewshowing a section of the sickle driving lever and a portion of theperiphery of the wheel which drives or actuates said lever. Fig. 4. is asimilar view showing a modified form from that shown in'Fig. 3. Fig. 5shows still another form from that presented in Figs. 3 and 4. Fig. 6 isa detail view of the sickle driving lever.

In order to conveniently refer to the various details of our inventionreference numerals will be employed, the same numeral applying to acorresponding part throughout the several views.

Referring to the numerals on the drawings, 1 indicates the carryingwheels connected together in the usual manner by a suitable framework toan axle 3, a portion of the axle being provided witha sleeve or housing4, and upon the framework 2 we locate the drivers seat, controllinglevers, etc., as will be hereinafter more clearly set forth. The sicklebar 5, is also provided in the usual manner having a shoe 6 common tothis class of machinery, and said shoe is pivotally connected to theframe section by means of the arms 7 and 8 or equivalent means.

Upon the frame section we mount the sickle driving lever 8 pivoted inposition as indicated by the fulcrum point 9, the forward end of saidlever being pivotally connected to the pitman 10 which latter isconnected with the sickle in the usual way.

Upon. the rear end of the sickle driving lever 8 we provide means tocooperate with a plurality of driving pins 11 which are stag gered uponthe periphery of the wheel 12 which latter is keyed rigidly to the axleand turns therewith.

By reference to Figs. 3 and 6 it will be observed that we haveillustrated our preferred construction of the means placed incooperation with the pins 11, said means consisting of the antifrictionroller or wheel 13, which is disposed as an idler upon the sickledriving lever 8 by means of the bolt or pin 14: and upon the upper andlower sides of said roller or wheel we dispose guiding members 15 havingthe V-shaped blades 16, it being understood that said parts are reliablyanchored in position by suitable bolts or screws as indicated by thenumerals 17, or equivalent means. It therefore follows that since thepins are staggered upon the periphery of the wheel 12 and since theantifriction roller or wheel is placed immediately in front of the faceof the wheel 12, said roller or wheel 13 will be engaged first by onepin 1 and then by the opposite pin and the result will be that the endof the lever 8 will be moved to the right and to the left and therebyreciprocate the sickle. By providing the guiding members 15 with theblades 16 we make it certain that the wheel 13 will be reliably guidedso that the exposed portion. of the wheel will be brought into contactwith each alternate pin and the result will be that friction will bereduced to a minimum.

In Fig. 4 we have shown the antifriction wheel or roller 13 without theguiding members or brackets 15, as in many instances it will not benecessary to provide said guiding members, and we therefore reserve theright to manufacture the same in either manner as we may deem mostdesirable.

In Fig. 5 we have shown still another form of construction wherein itwill be seen we have removed the antifriction roller or wheel 13 andreplaced the same with the substantially diamond sha ed member 18, whichis secured rigidly to t e driving lever 8 in any preferred way and theresult will be that the said member 18 will pass in a zigzag coursebetween the guiding pins 11 and impart a reciprocatory movement to thesickle in the manner above explained.

When the diamond shaped member 18 is used as a substitute for theantifriction wheel or roller 13 we refer to provide an individualantifriction ro er 19 for each of the pins 11, thereby insuring thatsaid rollers will successively engage the member 18 and bodily move thesame laterally with the least amount of friction. l/Ve also providecontrolling means for the sickle bar whereby it maybe bodily raised andlowered as desired, said means consisting of the members 20 and 21hinged together as indicated by the numeral 22 and connected at theirpivot point with a controlling rod or shaft 23, the rear end-of which isprovided with a collar 24 which passes around the member 25 which latteris eccentrically mounted as indicated by the numeral 26.

A controlling lever 27 is connected with the member 25 and it thereforefollows that since said member 25 is mounted. upon the frame work of themachine the controlling lever 27 when moved backward will elevate thesickle bar, and when moved forwardly the sickle bar will be lowered intoits operative position.

It will thus be observed that we have provided means of reliableefficient character for actuating or driving the sickle with the leastamount of friction and that a minimum amount of power will be required.It will furthermore be observed that we have provided a mower or reaperdriving mechanism of very simple construction which may be cheaplymanufactured and easily assembled in operative form, and while we havedescribed the preferred combination and. construction of parts we wishto comprehend in this application all substitutes and equivalents whichmay be regarded as falling fairly in the scope of our invention.

Believing that the construction and manner of using our invention havethus been made clearly apparent further description is deemedunnecessary.

What we claim is:

A device of the class described comprising the combination with a frameand carrying wheels therefor; of a driving wheel having a plurality ofpins arranged in staggered form upon its periphery, a driving leverpivotally mounted on said frame, a cutter bar, an arm connecting one endof said lever to the cutter bar, a pin on the opposite end of saidlever, a roller rotatably mounted on said pin, members secured to theupper and lower faces of said lever, V-shaped guiding members on said.members and disposed above and below said. roller, adapted to engagesaid pins upon the driving wheel, a shoe, arms pivotally secured to saidshoe and frame, a rod, said rod and arms being pivotally connected at acommon point, an eccentric pivotally mounted on the frame, a collar atthe rear end of said rod and secured. around said eccentric and acontrolling lever connected with said eccentric, whereby when the leveris operated the sickle will be raised or lowered.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OSCAR CLAUD WVEIKEL. EBBERT RAY WEIKEL.

Witnesses JAs. R. JoI-INsoN, D. H. KAUFFELT.

